This gene encodes a member of the class III facilitative glucose transporter family. The encoded protein plays a role in regulation of glucose homeostasis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with arterial tortuosity syndrome.[provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

Data show that homozygous and compound heterozygous changes found in PLOD1 and SLC2A10 may confer autosomal recessive effects, and three MYH11, ACTA2 and COL3A1 heterozygous variants were considered as putative pathogenic gene alterations.

Patients of Kurdish origin who display arterial tortuosity associated with skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility, and characteristic facial features may carry a novel non-sense mutationin in the SLC2A10 gene.